co-sponsored by the Wilson College Diversity Team and WCGA

The walking tour route starts at the Alumnae Chapel. Look for the poster outside the entrance to the Chapel. Maps and route information are available outside the Alumnae Chapel and near our display in Lenfest Commons.

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Walking Tour Route:

Stop #1: Alumnae Chapel

Get into some "Good Trouble" while remembering Congressman John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon

Stop #2: Rosenkrans Hall (South End)

Myths about physical racial differences were used to justify slavery - and are still believed by doctors today.

essay by Linda Villarosa, The New York Times 1619 Project

Stop #3: Hawthorne Indoor Arena

A vast wealth gap, driven by segregation, redlining, evictions, and exclusion, separates white and black America.

essay by Trymaine Lee, The New York Times 1619 Project

Stop #4: Hankey Center

Slavery gave America a fear of black people and a taste for violent punishment. Both still define our criminal-justice system.

essay by Bryan Stevenson, The New York Times 1619 Project

Stop #5: Lortz Hall

For centuries, black music, forged in bondage, has been the sound of complete artistic freedom. No wonder everybody is always stealing it.

essay by Wesley Morris, The New York Times 1619 Project

Stop #6: Lenfest Commons

Be inspired by National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's The Hill We Climb. Help us to illustrate The Hill We Climb on our graffiti wall in Lenfest Commons!

Want to read more of the New York Times 1619 Project? View the full issue here.

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